The improvement project for one of the oldest streets in Moscow was timed to coincide with the 520th anniversary of the Old Arbat. The development of the pedestrian zone provided for the preservation of the historical appearance of the street while providing greater comfort to Muscovites and guests of the city. It was proposed to free the facades from an excessive number of advertising banners and signs, to organize convenient street navigation, to install benches, small architectural forms and tubular landscaping, to improve the adjacent squares, to create artistic lighting of buildings and monuments. The project included design options for zones for artists, artists and second-hand booksellers, summer café terraces in stylistic accordance with the surrounding architectural environment.